The 8% battery loss per day comes from sentry mode. It's draining your battery like crazy.
> But Sentry mode was not activated.
Make of that what you will.
To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
11–20 of 593 posts
Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
#12The 8% battery loss per day comes from sentry mode. It's draining your battery like crazy.
Is it 0% per day if you turn off sentry mode?
Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
#13Tesla sales are plummeting all over the world currently, also in the US. But with Musk in the US government, I wonder how long it will take before there will be tariffs on foreign cars big enough to pretty much force US citizens to buy his Tesla's.
There are still other domestic manufacturers and those have enough political pull on both sides to stop any meddling on internal markets.
Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
#14Tesla sales are plummeting all over the world currently, also in the US. But with Musk in the US government, I wonder how long it will take before there will be tariffs on foreign cars big enough to pretty much force US citizens to buy his Tesla's.
A real Volkswagen then.
Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
#15The 8% battery loss per day comes from sentry mode. It's draining your battery like crazy.
> But Sentry mode was not activated. Make of that what you will.
I've noticed that the tesla app is not super reliable in that regard. Sometimes it re-activates sentry mode, not sure if it is after updates or triggered by second key on different smartphone.
But luckily that car will be gone soon and I'm not gonna do any further free QA for this company.
Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
#16Tesla sales are plummeting all over the world currently, also in the US. But with Musk in the US government, I wonder how long it will take before there will be tariffs on foreign cars big enough to pretty much force US citizens to buy his Tesla's.
On the other hand Trump killed the EV charger subsidies, so that doesn't really help Tesla.
Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
#17The 8% battery loss per day comes from sentry mode. It's draining your battery like crazy.
Is it 0% per day if you turn off sentry mode?
Yes, 0% or 1% loss per day without sentry mode. When I first noticed I was dumbfounded. And they have this setting "sentry mode only at home", so when you forget about that and do your 50% battery charge travel and park the car for the weekend, then you come back on sunday to a ~30% charge you cry inside
Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
#18Tesla sales are plummeting all over the world currently, also in the US. But with Musk in the US government, I wonder how long it will take before there will be tariffs on foreign cars big enough to pretty much force US citizens to buy his Tesla's.
[dead]
Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
#19Re: To buy a Tesla Model 3, only to end up in hell
#20I had similar experiences with a modern Volvo. (XC40 T8 EV). Modern cars seem to be absolutely terrible.
It's like all those Single Page Applications on the web that are just downgrades over the classic Server-Side Rendered apps. Sure, you have more features, but at what cost? Reliability.
I think the last generations of cars before the touch buttons and screens were the last "okay" generation. Somewhere in 2010s, all cars were converted to be "smart cars", and they are all terrible. Who walks into a BMW dealer and sits down, surrounded by how many displays, and think: Wow! That's neat! And then you go to drive and it just notifications, beeps and boops.
I just want a luxury car that is grand, silent, feels nice, is nice to drive, and doesn't blast my eyes with screens.
I once connected my Volvo to pull a trailer. First, it reminds me to update the software. I click it away. It then gave me 2 notifications about some assist features not working and rear warning not working or something, idk. It also occasionally reminded the child locks are enabled, which I do not need reminders about. Then it is cold, so you get a cold weather warning. And then the windows are a bit wet because I didn't clear the camera properly from ice, so you get a warning about the cruise control not working. So 10 minutes in, I had received 6 notifications from my CAR! I didn't even use cruise control, I just wanted to pull my trailer a short distance. And some of these notifications block the navigation and require interaction to close. While driving!